Despite our best
efforts, we simply could not get going this morning. Just “breaking
camp” took ages, then the guy in reception wanted to reminisce.
Needing some shopping we called at the first supermarket to find it
wasn't – a supermarket, that is. We then spotted a City Gross,
which is a chain of supermarkets but whoever decides on the layout
must have a twisted mind because nothing is logical and we had to
walk round three times to get our small list filled.
Right, there's a fuel
station next door, one of those fully automated places; wouldn't talk
to us. By now frustration was setting in so we just headed back to
the main road and promptly found a Shell fuel station that worked.
But even that one wouldn't completely fill the tank. So it was 12.40
by the time we eventually got on our way: just not our day.
Need to get some miles
in, we're way behind schedule but fortunately the road is not busy
although it's no longer motorway. Instead it's a 3-lane highway
barriered off into single and dual track carriageways which alternate
every couple of kilometres. No hard shoulder so if anyone breaks down
in a single section we're all snookered, but fortunately that didn't
happen and we were able to make surprisingly good speed. The scenery
now started to become more of what we expected with views of the
coastline and many inlets and rivers amongst the trees. Quite a lot
of speed cameras around too although TomTom knows where they are!
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| No idea, it was just there in the middle of nowhere |
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| Crossing one of the many inlets |
A late lunch stop was
followed by skirting the small city of Umea; very clean and modern
looking, if anything a bit too squeaky clean but that's Sweden. Late
afternoon we eventually decided we'd had enough so Bren investigated
several potential stopovers; we've got books etc. but in fact there
are campsites signposted every 10 miles or so, and we picked a likely
looking one at a place called Sikea Hamn, near Robertsfor, which
basically was just the local boat club with two campsites attached.
Only needing basic
facilities, nevertheless we got the works again and settled down to a
nice not-quite-waterside pitch (yep, midgies again). As I write this
it's almost 10.00 pm and the sun is still streaming across the site,
which makes trying to work out bedtime weird.
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| 10.00 p.m. |
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